Independent Films in Production Part 1, Summer

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Beautiful Lady Production, 155 West Poplar, Floral Park, NY 11001 Email: beautifulladyproductions@yahoo.com - 516-326-1768
Genre: Thriller
Shooting: New York
Commenced: June 28, 2006
Cast: Robert Harriell, Jill Drappo-Harvey, Alicia Rae, Jessica Wiscovitch, Jessica Hoffman, Russ Russo, John Bolton
Executive Producer: Patrick Dillon
Producers: Anne Reine Lapeyre; CoPrd., Katie Dillon
Director: Katie Dillon
Screenplay: Amanda Anderson, Katie Dillon

AmerAsian 2
AmerAsian Films, P.O. Box 261221, Encino, CA 91426
Shooting in Los Angeles
Genre: Drama
Commenced:  August 23, 2006)
Cast: Angel Monroe, Andy Hnilo, Harry Triplett, Bruce Childs, Tracy Miller, Ben Maughan, Jennifer Hughes, Mike Taylor, Sally Monroe, Roger Lim
Producer: Roger Lim
Director Roger Lim
Screenplay: Roger Lim

Are We Done Yet?
Revolution Studios/RKO Pictures Inc./Cube Vision Inc., 2900 W. Olympic Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90404
Genre: Comedy
Shooting: Vancouver
Commenced:  June 12, 2006
Cast: Ice Cube, Nia Long, Aleisha Allen, John C. McGinley, Philip Daniel Bolden
Executive Producers: Steve Carr, Heidi Santelli, Aaron Ray
Producers: Ted Hartley, Todd Garner, Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez
Director: Steve Carr
Screenplay: Hank Nelken, J. David Stem, David N. Weiss
U.S. Distribution: Sony

Art Imitating Life
Brickyard Hill Productions, 1016 N. Edinburgh Ave., #1, Los Angeles, CA 90046
Genre: Comedy
Shooting: Los Angeles
Commenced: October 8, 2006
Cast: Ric Borelli, Juliana Dever, Casey Irvine, Kyam Brice, Caroline Treadwell, Michael Villani, Joseph R. Gannascoli, Brianna Brown, Henry Holden
Executive Producers: Nancy L. Cleveland, John S. Wassel
Producers: Haylee R. Twombly, Matthew Van Vlack
Director: Matthew Van Vlack
Screenplay: Matthew Van Vlack

 Blood of Eden
Hamzeh Mystique Films, 61 Blaney St., Swampscott, MA 01907 - 860-434-0309, Fax: 860-434-3115
Genre: Documentary
Shooting: Syria, Washington D.C., London
Commenced: June 14, 2006
Cast: Bouthaina Shabban
Executive Producer: Ziad Hamzeh
Producers: Bert Brown, Marc Sandler, Ziad Hamzeh
Director: Ziad Hamzeh

Bunnyman
Bunnyman Project, LP Email: Angel@wratihfilms.com - 703-360-4661
Shooting: Washington D.C., Virginia
Genre: Horror
Commenced: August 17, 2006
Cast: Tom Loux
Executive Producer: Hugh M. Weathers
Producer: Angel M. Sepulveda
Director: Angel M. Sepulveda
Screenplay: Angel M. Sepulveda

…the camel’s back
Manager Arts Prods. Email: JAMBOR3FILMS@AOL.COM
Shooting: Los Angeles, Seattle, Milwaukee
Genre: Romantic drama
Commenced: June 21, 2006
Cast: Marc Mahoney, Christopher Donald, Victoria Bonaventure, Anthony Orum, Hugh Manley, Deidre Kidwell, Brent Anderson, Paul Bass, Don Worley, Elizabeth Osbourn
Executive Producer: Charles Jambor
Producer: Jack R. Jambor
Director: Jack R. Jambor
Screenplay: Jack R. Jambor

The Caretaker
Caretaker LLC, 2633 Lincoln Blvd. #600, Santa Monica, Ca 90069
Shooting: San Diego
Genre: Horror
Commenced: October 9, 2006
Cast: Kira Verrastro, James Immekus, Diego Torres, Jennifer Nicole Freeman, Andrew St. John, Victoria Vande Vegte, Jonathan Breck, Lola Davidson, Will Stiles, Shawn Andrews
Producers: Jackie Olson, Brynn McQuade, Allison Wilke
Director: Bryce Fridrik Olson
Screenplay: Michelle Linder

Celebrity Art Show 2007
Albion Entertainment Inc. - 818-348-5276
Shooting in Los Angeles
Genre: Documentary
Commenced: April 15, 2006
Cast: Dizzy Reed, Dean Dinning, Michael Grais, Holly Fields, Terry Moore, Don S. Davis
Executive Prodcuer: Joel Miller
Producer: Marie Matthews
Director: Joel Miller
Screenplay: Joel Miller

Counterbalance
Great Ideas Entertainment (GIE), 1258 N. Highland Ave. #104, Los Angeles, Ca 90066 Email: info@greatideasent.com, Fax: 323-962-8400
Genre: Thriller
Shooting: Los Angeles
Commenced: October 10, 2006
Cast: Natalie Victoria, David Saxa, Tad Atkinson, Dave Secor, Jeremy London
Executive Produer: Rich Owens
Producers: Rich Owens, Charles Cooper
Director: Sean Coles
Screenplay: Rich Owens, Talia Robinson

 Day of the Dead
Millennium Films/Emmett/Furla Films, 6423 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048
Genre: Horror
Shooting: Bulgaria
Commenced: July 17, 2006
Cast: Ving Rhames, Mena Suvari, Nick Cannon, Annalynne McCord
Executive Producers: Robert Dudelson, M. Dal Walton III, Trevor Short, Danny Dimbort, Paul Mason, Jordan Rush
Producers: Randall Emmett, George Furla, James Dudelson, Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson
Director: Steve Miner
Screenplay: Jeffrey Reddick
U.S. Distribution: Millennium Films

Death Defying Acts
Australian Film Finance Corp./Myriad Pictures/BBC Films/Zephyr Films/Macgowan Films
Shooting: United Kingdom
Commenced: September 9, 2006
Cast: Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta Jones, Frank Marty, Timothy Spall
Executive Producers: Kirk D’Amico, Dan Lupovitz, Marcia Nasatir
Producers: Chris Curling, Marion MacGowan
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Screenplay: Tony Grisoni

Death Sentence
Hyde Park Entertainment
Genre: Action
Shooting: South Carolina
Commenced: September 15, 2006
Cast: Kevin Bacon, Kelly Preston, Aisha Tyler, Garrett Hedlund, Leigh Whannell, Matthew O’Leary, Jordan Garrett, Stuart Lafferty, Edi Gathegi
Executive Producers: Andrew Sugerman, Nick Morton, Nick Hamson, Lars Sylvest
Producers: Ashok Amritraj, Howard Baldwin, Karen Baldwin
Director: James Wan
Screenplay: Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
U.S. Distribution: 20th Century Fox

Dodo
Eleado Productions, 1148 N. Poinsettia Pl., West Hollywood, Ca 90046 Email: bobgolub@adelphia.net
Genre: Documentary
Shooting: Los Angeles, Philadelphia
Commenced: September 24, 2006
Cast: Twila Behrends, Kevin Crowley, Pat Heller, Bob Golub, Stephen Wastell
Producers: Bob Golub, Emilie Golub
Director: Bob Golub
Screenplay: Bob Golub, Evan Sayet

Feast of Love
Lakeshore Entertainment/Revelations Entertainment, 5555 Melrose Ave., Gloria Swanson Bldg. 2nd Flr., Los Angeles, CA 90038 - 323-956-4222
Genre: Drama
Shooting: Portland
Commenced: September 11, 2006
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Jane Alexander, Alexa Davalos, Toby Hemingway, Selma Blair, Stana Katic, Billy Burke, Fred Ward, Erika Marozsan
Executive Producer: Lori McCreary
Producers: Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi
Director: Robert Benton
Screenplay: Allison Burnett

Fight Night
Bloody Scary Films Ltd., 31 Ingram Road, Nottingham NG2 7QS Email: chris.morgan@bloodyscaryfilms.co.uk - +44-1158544806
Genre: Drama
Shooting in London, England
Commenced: September 23, 2006
Cast: Tim Haynes, Dianne Thomas, Nic Main
Executive Producer: Chris Morgan
Producer: Chris Morgan
Director: Chris Morgan
Screenplay: Chris Morgan

The Filthy War
Mozgofilms, Inc./Mozgofilms Europa, S.L., P.O. Box 602, New York, NY 10101-0602, Fax: 212-447-0068
Genre: Action/Adventure
Shooting: Hungary, Croatia
Commenced: September 18, 2006
Cast: Vinnie Jones, Thomas Kretschmann, Nils Allen Stewart, Michael Klesic, Josip Kuchan, Lars Rudolph, Vinny Capone, Ed Cray, Michael Fischetti
Producers: Laszlo Hege, Christopher Atkins, Endre Sik
Director: Laszlo Hege
Screenplay: Laszlo Hege Mako; Publ., Bob D’Aprile

 1408
Dimension Films/Di Bonaventura Pictures, 5700 Wilshire Blvd., #600, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Genre: Horror
Shooting: Los Angeles, London
Commenced: July 13, 2006
Cast: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Kate Walsh, Mary McCormack
Executive Producer: Jake Myers
Producers: Lorenzo di Bonaventure
Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Screenplay: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski

From Mexico With Love
FMWL, LLC, 15301 Ventura Blvd., Suite 470, Building B, Sherman Oaks, Ca 91403 Email: info@frommexicowithlove.com
Genre: Action/Drama
Shooting in Texas
Commenced: September 25, 2006
Cast: Kuno Becker, Bruce McGill, Alex Nesic, Steven Bauer, Danay Garcia, Gene LeBell
Executive Producer: Ken Hertz
Producers: Glen Hartford, Daniel Toll
Director: Jimmy Nickerson
Screenplay: Glen Hartford, Nicholas Siapkaris

The Ghost Riders
Lost Highway Productions, 209 Singingwood #6, Orange, Ca 92869 Email: gridersrevenge@aol.com - 714-856-5410
Genre: Western/Horror
Shooting: California, New Mexico
Commenced: September 15, 2006
Cast: Richard Grieco, Brandon Vayda, Bill Freda, Jeff Asch
Executive Producer: Larry Bartels, Richard Grieco
Producer: Steven Crawford

Grind House
Dimension Films, 5700 Wilshire Blvd., #600, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Shooting in Austin, TX
Genre: Horror
Commenced: March 20, 2006
Cast: Danny Trejo, Freddy Rodriguez, Rose McGowan, Josh Brolin, Kurt Russell, Zoe Bell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Marley Shelton, Tracie Thoms, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Producers: Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Elizabeth Avellan, Erica Steinberg
Director: Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez
Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez
U.S. Distribution: Dimension

Heroes of Shaolin
Burning Shaolin Productions, LLC, 231 Voice Road, Carle Place, NY 11514 Email: info@burningshaolinproductions.com - 631-944-6298, Fax: 631-944-6726
Genre: Action
Shooting: China
Commenced: June 1, 2006
Cast: Gordon Liu
Executive Producer: Damien J. Caldwell, Michael Parrella
Producer: Michael Parrella
Director: Lau Kar-Leung
Screenplay: Lau Kar-Leung

Homeland Security
Millennium Films/Two Sticks Prods./Eclectic Pictures, 6423 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048
Genre: Romantic comedy
Shooting: Shreveport, LA
Commenced: October 2, 2006
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Meg Ryan, Colin Hanks, Selma Blair
Producers: Heidi Jo Markel, Richard Salvatore, Julie Lott
Director: George Gallo
ScreenplayGeorge Gallo

Hostel II
Screen Gems/Lionsgate Films/Next Entertainment Inc., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
Genre: Horror
Shooting: Slovakia
Commenced: September 17, 2006
Cast: Lauren German, Heather Matarazzo, Bijou Phillips, Jay Hernandez
Executive Producers: Quentin Tarantino, Boaz Yakin
Producers: Mike Fleiss, Chris Briggs
Director: Eli Roth
Screenplay: Eli Roth; Ed., George Folsey Jr

In Bloom
2929 Entertainment, 2425 Olympic Blvd., Ste. 6040-W, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Shooting: Connecticut
Genre: Thriller
Commenced: August 14, 2006
Cast: Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood
Executive Producers: Marc Butan, Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban
Producers: Aimee Peyronnet, Anthony Katagas, Vadim Perelman
Director: Vadim Perelman
Screenplay: Emil Stern

Into the Wild
Paramount Vantage/River Road Films, 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038
Shooting: Los Angeles
Commenced: April 24, 2006
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Catherine Keener, Vince Vaughn, William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden
Producers: Art Linson, Bill Pohlad, Sean Penn
Director: Sean Penn
Screenplay: Sean Penn
U.S. Distribution: Paramount Vantage
International Distribution: Focus Features

Island of the Seals
Rio Films Email: info@riofilms.com - 714-401-8610
Genre: Documentary
Shooting: Mexico
Commenced: January 14, 2004
Executive Producers: Hanlow Keith
Producers: Alan DeHerrera
Director: Alan DeHerrera
Screenplay: Chris J. Baunsen

Juliana and the Medicine Fish
High Definition Pictures, 222 Oxford St., Winnipeg, MB R3M 3J6 - 204-953-2600
Genre: Family/Fantasy
Shooting: Manitoba, Canada
(Start September 25, 2006)
Cast: Rob Schneider
Prd., Tanya Brunel, John Schneider; Dir., Jeremy Torrie; Scr., Jake MacDonald, Jeremy Torrie; Intl Dstrb, ThinkFilm

Marked 4 Mary
Melting Pot Entertainment, 170 N. Country Road #3, Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Shooting: Long Island, NY
Commenced: September 8, 2006
Executive Producer: Joseph Domingo
Producers: Lee A. Myers, Lisa G. Myers
Director: John Stecenko

A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl
Paramount Vantage/Plan B/Revolution Films, 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038
Genre: Drama
Shooting: India, Pakistan
Commenced: August 7, 2006
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Irfan Khan, Adnan Siddiqui
Producers: Andrew Eaton, Dede Gardner
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Screenplay: Laurence Coriat, Michael Winterbottom
U.S. Distribution: Paramount Vantage

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Groundswell Prods./Arclight Films Pty Ltd., 9350 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 324, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 - 310-385-7540
Genre: Drama
Shooting: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Commenced: September 5, 2006
Cast: Sienna Miller, Peter Sarsgaard, Nick Nolte, Mena Suvari, Jon Foster
Producers: Rawson Marshall Thurber, Michael London, Jason Mercer
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Screenplay: Rawson Marshall Thurber

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